Consultant Histopathologist

Opportunities have arisen to join our teams at Colchester Hospital as a full time Consultant.

Applicants will have completed CCT or equivalent (CESR) and must be on the Specialist Register.

Histopathology provides a reporting service to the Trust, the community and local private hospitals, with workload distributed using the RCPATH points system according to job plan. In addition there is opportunity to boast income from private work, which is shared equally between the consultant team, and an opportunity to participate in the Post Mortem Service which is provided to the local coroner (although this is not mandatory).

Any applicant who is unable for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.

CLINICAL
The new appointee will automatically be a member of the Medical Staff Committee.

**The post-holder will**:

- Participate in the departmental rota for routine surgical pathology reporting, and dissection.
- Attend MDTs according to rostering and clinical need.
- Participate in the MDT cancer care structure and assume leadership for cell pathology in at least one MDT according to the interests of the postholder and the needs of the department in consultation with existing consultant colleagues.
- Refer specialist cases to appropriate referral centres for reporting.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care. We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching a million residents. We deliver care services from two acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, patients’ homes, surgeries and community and high street clinics. We have more than 11,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.

We’re investing more than £150million over five years in a capital building programme to transform services at our hospitals and make sure patients and staff have the best possible environments.

We would like you to help us provide the best care and experience for the communities we serve in east Suffolk and north Essex. You can find out more about us onour website.

We are committed to being a great place to work, and great place to train and a great place to receive care. As a large organisation we offer exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

**We have a simple philosophy**: Time Matters. Time matters for our patients, their families and our staff. By focusing on time, we can remove unnecessary stress and frustration - giving our patients a better experience and to make sure you have more time to care and make the most of your skills.

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GENERAL

**The post-holder will**:

- Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service of the highest standard
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
- Develop and maintain good working practices, including adhering to departmental SOPs and guidelines issued by professional bodies such as the Royal College of Pathologists
- Offer support and leadership to junior medical colleagues and other members of the team including laboratory, secretarial and mortuary staff.
- Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care

All Consultants have a continuing and individual responsibility for the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients in their charge. Within Histopathology, Consultants are expected to share in the duties associated with providing an efficient and effective service, making use of all available skill mix including biomedical scientist dissection. The Consultant will be responsible to the Chief Executive of the Trust via the Clinical Lead and Divisional Director.

Envisaged Job Plan

**Colchester typical week**:
0900-1300

1300-1700

MONDAY

Autopsies Surgical pathology reporting Cytology reporting

Surgical cut-up SPA

TUESDAY

Surgical pathology

Surgical pathology

WEDNESDAY

Lower GI MDT

Surgical pathology

Surgical pathology

THURSDAY

Audit, management, frozen sections Journal club

Surgical pathology SPA

FRIDAY

Surgical pathology

Medical grand round

Postgrad teaching / Surgical cut-up SPA